When a 16-Year-Old Recognizes What Adults Miss: The Truth About Teen Tech Use with Keegan Lee
About this episode
Keegan Lee discusses her journey of recognizing the impact of social media on her life and how she became an advocate for healthier tech use among teens.
Here's what keeps me up at night: watching a generation of kids lose themselves to screens, and then finding hope in the moment one of them wakes up and becomes the voice we need. Keegan Lee was 16 when she realized social media was stealing her life, and instead of just detoxing and moving on, she turned her struggle into "60 Days of Disconnect" and became a Gen Z insider translating the digital battlefield for parents like us. What Keegan knows that most parents don't is this: our kids aren't just scrolling, they're living in an entirely different communication ecosystem where Snapchat isn't social media, it's how they exist in the world. You'll walk away knowing why the conversation about tech has shifted, what guardrails actually look like from someone who's lived it, and how to hold space for technology's power without letting it consume our kids. FOR FULL SHOW NOTES & TO WATCH THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE, GO TO: badmompodcast.com/keegan KEY TAKEAWAYS: Why being a Gen Z activist at 21 makes Keegan "feel so old" and what that reveals about how fast the digital landscape is reshaping youth culture The critical difference between how social media was used five years ago versus…
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